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Secretkeeper
Saviors of Kamigawa
Reviewed June 10, 2005
Constructed: 1.75
Casual: 2.15
Limited: 2.45
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Jeff Zandi
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Secretkeeper
Saviors, with its new mechanics and its focus on
hand size, is a more challenging set to play
with, and these challenges show more with blue
than with any other color. That having been
said, Secretkeeper is a clear cut winner among
the blue fog of creatures and abilities. Blue
offers the best and most reliable means of
keeping your hand size at least one card larger
than your opponents. Having more cards in your
hand is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL for using
Secretkeeper. With more cards in your hand than
your opponent, Secretkeeper is a flying 4/4 that
only cost you four mana. If you can't keep hand
size superiority over your opponent,
Secretkeeper shrinks considerably to a 2/2
non-flyer. Unfortunately, the same mechanics and
skill-testers that can make blue cards like
Secretkeeper very valuable in limited play will
also keep these cards from being reliable parts
of decks in constructed play. It's possible that
control decks on a serious budget might consider
Secretkeeper as a fairly powerful win condition.
CONSTRUCTED: 2.0
CASUAL: 3.0
LIMITED: 3.5
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DeQuan
Watson
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Secretkeeper
This is just not a card worth playing. You can't
guarantee that he's going to have 2/2 and
flying. And if he doesn't have that, he's just
an overcosted, worthless creature. I'd stay away
from this guy.
Constructed: 1.5
Casual: 1
Limited: 1.5 |
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Paul Hagan |
Secretkeeper --
I'm pretty sure this card should be kept in
limited and never see the light of constructed
day. It costs too much for a card that *might*
be a 4/4 with flight, but could also be a 2/2
with no special ability whatsoever. Don't forget
that a few black discard spells are making their
way to the forefront, which will definitely draw
some attractiveness away from this card.
For limited play though, a 4/4 flier is a 4/4
flier, even if it isn't one all of the time. I
would definitely consider putting Secretkeeper
into any limited deck with blue, as it can
easily turn the tide of a game in your favor.
Constructed Rating: 1.5
Casual Rating: 2.0
Limited Rating: 3.0
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Christine
Gerhardt |
Secretkeeper
It SEEMS like a good idea... but in limited
play, it often doesn't pan out well. Getting
cards into your hand is a tricky, and often mana
intensive proposition. Blue can do it, often
with it's little flyer tricks, but it eats up a
lot of mana. Second colors Red and White do it
better, and Black can do it as a Sorcery in this
block. But if you can make it happen, a 4/4
flyer in this environment is definitely a win
condition.
Not something for constructed, as it's slow to
come down, though it's in the right color for
the job. In casual, if someone has an
inclination to build a Sweep deck, this could
work out, though I don't think Blue works well
in that build.
Constructed - 2
Casual - 2.5
Limited - 3
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